That poor actress. For a character who actually had a name, she had the
shortest role in motion picture history. No lines, not even movement. Then she
turns into a dessicated hag.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "apecalypsenow" <apecalypsenow@...> wrote:
>
> It should be a sort of hybridal process between hibernation and suspended
animation, since they don't age, but beards grow.
> And remember how the girl died...
>
>
>
> --- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "James" <JamesA1102@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Here's a question. Were the astronauts in POTA really in Suspended
> > Animation or were they in some kind of induced medical coma?
> >
> > I ask this because they continues to age as shown by their growing
> > beards. If they were in Suspended Animation shouldn't that not have
> > happened?
> >
> >
> > --- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "Terry Hoknes" <hoknescards@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Good question
> > > i'm not sure if the concept ever happened in
> > > Star Trek or Doctor Who or Lost In Space back in the 60s
> > >
> > > It would seem to me that maybe that was the only way they could
> > comprehend a way for humans to make a long journey - not sure what other
> > options there could be
> > >
> > > An off-topic question would be what else did POTA do that was
> > innovative for a sci-fi movie that had not been done with other 60s
> > sci-fi films?
> > >
> > > I think we should work on a 60's index of sci-fi movies
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > POTA and 2001 came out at about the same time, and both relied upon
> > the technique of deep sleep to accomplish long space travels. I saw them
> > both at a drive-in back then. I can't remember films using hibernation
> > before that, but then, I was about 8 years old. Does anyone know when
> > hibernation debuted as a sci-fi film phenomenon?
> > > FF
> > >
> >
>